Anticreeping device for ties.



J. OSHBA.

ANTIGREEPING DEVICE FOR TIES.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.28, 1911.

TENT OFFICE.

JEREMIAH menus, or PHILADELPHIA, rnnnsnvanm.

.amxcannrmo nnvrcn r03. TIES.

To all'wkcm it may concern: Be it known that I, JEREMIAH .OTSHEA, a citizen of the United States, residing in I Philadellphia, Pennsylvania, have invented mprovements in Anticreeping Deof "which the following is a certain vices .for' Tles,

specification.

The object of my'invention is to provide meansfor preventing the creeping of rail- Way ties and also to prevent the creeping of therails pin the ties. This object I attain in the do lowing manner, reference being had to the which Figure 1, is a sectional plan view show; ing a series of ties connected together according to my invention; Fig. 2, is a side view showing a rail in is a transverse sectional view; Fig. 4, is a detached perspective view showing two tie plates'and the connecting" bar; is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view on the line -5, Fig. 1.

A represents wooden ties in the present instance, but metal or concrete ties may be used without departing from the essential accompanying drawing, in

' features of the invention.

7 tie and B, B are the tie plates mounted on each upon which rest the rails C. Each tie plate has a transverse recess 6 and at one side of the tie plate a rib 6- against which rests the base flange of the rail. The tie plates have holes a for the secure the rails and the. and the tie plates are perforated at f the reception the connecting bar for This connecting bar extends from one tie plate to the other directly under the rail in the present instance, and is held in engagement with the tieplates'by the rail. Thus the several ties are connected together independently of the rails, as it will be understood that the spikes while holding the rails in alinement on the oints to receive wooden ties,

tie plates they do not prevent the longitudinal movement of the rails on the tie plates. The rails are only notched at the the spikes; special tie plates being used for this purpose, such as illustrated at B, Fig. 4; one of the spike perforations of this tie plate being set in past the flange b'so as to enter the notch in the rail/ It will be understood that the plates illustrated in the and these plates may be modi dotted lines; Fig. 3,.

and Fig. 5,,

spikes whichplates to the ties of theljpins or projections d ondrawlng are madeto rest upon Patented Sept. 17, 1912. Serial No. 680,252, I

without departing from the invention; By the above description it will be seen- I that I connect two or more ties together by I the use of the one tie these tie plates are firmly secured to the ties,'T

4 bar D; the barsconnecting. plate directly with another, and, as

would tend to. of position, would; be re-- ties to which it is directly any strains exerted, which move one tie out sisted. by the other connected.

My invention is particularly useful for connecting the ties at switches; crossings;: and frogs where it is essential that the track structure shall be practically a unit.

My invention is applicable for each sideof a splice or rail joint, and it can also be used in connection with down grades, or, {in fact, any place where it is desired'to firmly hold one or more ties ment on the bed.

1. The combination of two ties, a tie plate oneach tie, each tie plate being recessed and having perforations; and a ing from one tie plate to the other and fitling within the recess of each tie plate, said bar having projections adapted to engage respective perforations in the tie plates.

2. The combination of two ties; a tie plate on each tie; each tie plate being recessed and having perforations; with a bar extending from one tie plate to the other and located in the recessand having a projection at each end adapted toenter the perforations in the tie plates.

3. The combination of a series of ties; tie plates rigidly mounted thereon,

plate having a transverse recess and havirig fied to. accommodate'ties of ditl'erent shapes each tie i l against lateral move- 3 v bar extend-I erforations in the bottom ofthe recess; a.

ar extending from one tie plate on one tie to a tie plate on anothertie, the endsof the bar being mounted in the recesses tie, plate and having projections entering the perforations in the tie plate, wherebythe two tie plates are connected together; a rail resting on the tie plates and extending over the recesses and the bar, said tieplates having spike openings through which the spikes extend which retain the rails in posltion.

of the 4. The combination of a series of ties; a 7

tie plate on each tie, said tie plates having spike holes; spikes extending through the spike holes and into the ties, wherebyv the tie plates ,are rigidly secured to the ties;

' each tie plate having a transverse recess and a fiange atone side of the recess; a rail mounted on the tie plates and having a 7 side bearing against the said flanges, said 5 plates" having perforations at the base of the recess; a bar extending from one he plate to another under each rail and having v rejections extending into the perforations gvhereby the said bars connecting the tie vl plates prevent them from moving oneindependently of the other.

7 5. A tie plate consisting of a body portionhaving a transverse recess extending to In-testimony whereof, I have signed my' recess and aname to thisspecification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JERE. OSHEA.

Witnesses:

Joe. H. KLEIN, WM. A/BARR. 

